[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 157 (Wednesday, October 11, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H9795-H9796]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    TOO MUCH MONEY IN HEALTH CARE CUTS AND TOO MUCH MONEY TO THE AMA

  (Mr. KLECZKA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KLECZKA. Mr. Speaker, a lot of talk has been had today on 
Medicare. Let me make two quick points. No. 1, there is a solvency 
problem of Part A, the hospital trust fund, and we are told to extend 
the solvency to the year 2006 it will take $90 billion. In about 10 
minutes the Democrats on the Committee on Ways and Means will produce 
their bill to save the Medicare trust fund, but although it takes $90 
billion to save the trust fund, the Republicans are cutting $270 
billion. I ask, why are they cutting three times as much as necessary, 
and after they cut $270 billion, they resolve the trust fund to the 
year 2006 also? Because the balance is going for tax cuts.
  We had a committee meeting marking up the Medicare bill yesterday. 
There was an amendment to provide 

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for mammography screening for women 65 and over. The amendment was 
defeated, with all Republicans voting against it, and the reason they 
say we could not provide this screening for women: We do not have the 
money. At the same time, the Speaker is sitting with the AMA giving 
them $3 billion in a payoff so they would come out and support the 
bill. Let us get real.

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